Method to verify the accuracy of model surgery and prediction tracing.
Accuracy of cephalometric tracings and model surgeries is of utmost importance in planning for orthognathic surgery. The technique described allows surgeons to verify position of the models by superimposing a cephalogram of the mounted models over that of the patient. It also reduces the chance of error during actual surgery by placing models in centric relation. Therefore, the possibility of intraoperative complications, and thus longer operating times, is minimized.
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Division of Surgical Sciences, New York University, College of Dentistry, New York 10016, USA.
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D016302:Centric Relation; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003725:Dental Articulators; D003768:Dental Occlusion, Centric; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000601:surgery*; D003765:Models, Dental; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results